Frederick Warne & Co., Publishers. 



" What Blackstone is to the lawyer, Stonehenge is to the Sportsman." 

 Manchester Examiner. 



THE VADE MECUM OF BRITISH SPORT. 



In demy 8vo, price 2U., cloth, gilt top, 1,000 pages. 



THE FOURTEENTH EDITION OF 



STONEHENGE'S 



BRITISH RURAL SPORTS 



COMPLETELY RE-EDITED AND RE-ARRANGED, 

 By STONEHENGE, Editor of "The Field." 



Comprising Athletics, Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Yachting, 



Fishing, Hawking, Racing, Boating, Pedestrianism, and 



the -various Rural Games of Great Britain. 



Illustrated by numerous Engravings. 



SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS. 



Part I. THE PURSUIT OF WILD ANIMALS FOR SPORT. Shooting- 

 Hunting Coursing Falconry Angling, 



Part II. HORSE-RACING. Steeplechasing and Hurdle-racing Riding 

 to Hounds Match-Trotting The Principles and Practice of Breed- 

 ing for Racing Purposes Pedestrianism and General Training of 

 Man Aquatics, or Racing in Yachts and Boats. 



Part III. RURAL GAMES AND OUT-DOOR AMUSEMENTS. Games 

 played with Ball Miscellaneous Games Artificial Modes of Loco- 

 motion. 



Part IV. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE PRINCIPAL ANIMALS USED BY 

 MAN IN RURAL SPORTS. Comparative Anatomy of Man, the 

 Horse, and Dog General Habits and Varieties of the Dog General 

 Habits and Varieties of the Horse General Management of the 

 Dog and Horse. 



Part V. DISEASES OF THE DOG AND HORSE. General Principles of 

 Pathology Ordinary Drugs used for the Dog arid Horse, and their 

 mode of Administration The Diseases of the Dog and their Treat- 

 mentThe Diseases of the Horse and their Treatment. 



" One of the most inclusive, best written, and best arranged compendium* 

 ever published." The Times. 



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